Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is an annual award. It is a Golden Globe Award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) gives the award. 

Composer John Williams has the most nominations (24) and wins. 

 Winners and nominees 

 Key

SignMeaning*Indicates the winner±Indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score

 1940s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1947Life with Father *1948The Red Shoes  *±1949The Inspector General *All the King's Men

 1950s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1950Sunset Boulevard *±A Life of Her OwnDestination Moon1951September Affair *The Day the Earth Stood StillThe Well1952High Noon *±IvanhoeThe Quiet Man1953–1958No award given. The Original Score Award was not given from 1953 to 1958, according to the individual yearly award pages.1959On the Beach *1960The Alamo *Exodus±PepeSpartacusThe World of Suzie Wong

 1960s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1961The Guns of Navarone *El CidFannyKing of KingsSummer and Smoke1962To Kill a Mockingbird *Lawrence of Arabia±Mutiny on the BountyTaras BulbaThe Music Man1963No award given.1964The Fall of the Roman Empire *BecketMary Poppins±Seven Days in MayZorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas)1965Doctor Zhivago *±Battle of the BulgeThe Great RaceThe SandpiperThe Yellow Rolls-Royce1966Hawaii *A Man and a WomanIs Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?)The Bible: In the Beginning...The Sand Pebbles1967Camelot *Doctor DolittleLive for Life (Vivre Pour Vivre)Thoroughly Modern MillieTwo for the Road1968 The score for Oliver! by Lional Bart was on the ballot, but was declared ineligible and removed.The Shoes of the Fisherman *Chitty Chitty Bang BangRomeo and JulietRosemary's BabyThe Lion in Winter±The Thomas Crown Affair1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid *±Anne of the Thousand DaysGoodbye, Mr. ChipsThe Happy EndingThe Secret of Santa Vittoria

 1970s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1970Love Story *±AirportCromwellScroogeWuthering Heights1971Shaft *±Le MansMary, Queen of ScotsSummer of '42The Andromeda Strain1972The Godfather *FrenzyThe GetawayLady Sings the BluesThe Poseidon Adventure1973Jonathan Livingston Seagull *BreezyCinderella LibertyO Lucky Man!The Day of the DolphinTom Sawyer, 1974The Little Prince,  *ChinatownEarthquakePhantom of the ParadiseThe Godfather Part II, ±1975Jaws *±Funny Lady, The Man Who Would Be KingThe Other Side of the MountainThe Return of the Pink Panther1976A Star is Born,  *Bugsy MaloneRockyThe Slipper and the RoseVoyage of the Damned1977Star Wars *±Close Encounters of the Third KindPete's Dragon, Saturday Night Fever, , , The Spy Who Loved Me1978Midnight Express *±An Unmarried WomanSupermanThe Children of SanchezThe Lord of the Rings1979Apocalypse Now,  *10A Little Romance±AlienThe Black StallionStar Trek: The Motion PictureThe Amityville Horror

 1980s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1980The Stunt Man *American GigoloFame±Somewhere in TimeThe Empire Strikes BackThe Competition1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial *±Blade RunnerVangelisCat PeopleSix WeeksVictor/Victoria1983Flashdance *Rumble FishScarfaceUnder FireYentlAlan & Marilyn Bergman, ±1984A Passage to India *±StarmanOnce Upon a Time in AmericaThe Killing FieldsThe River1985Out of Africa *±The Color PurpleWhite NightsWitnessYear of the Dragon1986The Mission *Little Shop of HorrorsRound Midnight±The Mosquito CoastTop Gun1987The Last Emperor, ,  *±Cry Freedom, Empire of the SunThe Glass MenagerieThe Untouchables1988Gorillas in the Mist *Madame SousatzkaThe Accidental TouristThe Last Temptation of ChristThe Milagro Beanfield War±1989The Little Mermaid *±Born on the Fourth of JulyCasualties of WarGloryThe Fabulous Baker Boys

 1990s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.1990The Sheltering SkyRichard Horowitz,  *AvalonDances with Wolves±HavanaThe Godfather Part III1991Beauty and the Beast *±At Play in the Fields of the LordBugsyDead AgainFor the BoysRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves1992Aladdin *±1492: Conquest of ParadiseVangelisBasic InstinctChaplinThe Last of the Mohicans, 1993Heaven & EarthKitarō *BlueSchindler's List±The PianoThe Nightmare Before Christmas1994The Lion King *±Forrest GumpInterview with the VampireLegends of the FallNell1995A Walk in the Clouds *BraveheartDon Juan DeMarcoPocahontas±Sense and Sensibility1996The English Patient *±Michael CollinsShineThe Hunchback of Notre DameThe Mirror Has Two Faces1997Titanic *±GattacaKundunL.A. ConfidentialSeven Years in Tibet1998The Truman Show,  *A Bug's LifeMulanSaving Private RyanThe Prince of Egypt, 1999The Legend of 1900 *American BeautyAngela's AshesAnna and the KingThe End of the AffairEyes Wide ShutThe Insider, The Straight StoryThe Talented Mr. Ripley

 2000s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.2000Gladiator,  *All the Pretty Horses, , ChocolatCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ±MalènaSunshine2001Moulin Rouge! *A Beautiful MindA.I. Artificial IntelligenceAli, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring±Mulholland DrivePearl HarborThe Shipping News2002Frida *±25th HourFar from HeavenRabbit-Proof FenceThe Hours2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *±Big FishCold MountainGirl With a Pearl EarringThe Last Samurai2004The Aviator *Finding Neverland±Million Dollar BabySidewaysSpanglish2005Memoirs of a Geisha*Brokeback Mountain±King KongSyrianaThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe2006The Painted Veil *Babel±NomadThe Da Vinci CodeThe Fountain2007Atonement *±Eastern PromisesGrace Is GoneInto the Wild, , The Kite Runner2008Slumdog Millionaire *±ChangelingThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDefianceFrost/Nixon2009Up *±A Single ManAvatarThe Informant!Where the Wild Things AreKaren O, 

 2010s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.2010The Social Network,  *±127 HoursAlice in WonderlandInceptionThe King's Speech2011The Artist *±The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, HugoWar HorseW.E.2012Life of Pi *±Anna KareninaArgoLincolnCloud Atlas, , 2013All Is Lost *12 Years a SlaveThe Book ThiefGravity±Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom2014The Theory of Everything *BirdmanGone Girl, The Imitation GameInterstellar2015The Hateful Eight *±CarolThe Danish GirlThe Revenant, Steve Jobs2016La La Land *±ArrivalHidden Figures, , Lion, HauschkaMoonlight2017The Shape of Water *±DunkirkPhantom ThreadThe PostThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2018First Man *Black Panther±Isle of DogsMary Poppins ReturnsA Quiet Place2019JokerHildur Guðnadóttir *±1917Little WomenMarriage StoryMotherless BrooklynDaniel Pemberton

 2020s 
YearFilmComposer(s)Ref.2020Soul,  &  *±MankReznor & RossThe Midnight SkyNews of the WorldTenet2021DuneHans Zimmer *±Golden Globes 2022: The winners and nominees - BBCEncantoGermaine FrancoThe French DispatchAlexandre DesplatParallel MothersAlberto IglesiasThe Power of the DogJonny Greenwood
References

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